If you keep up with design, then you should be familiar with Jeff Finley and Go Media. But there are some things about Jeff most of us know nothing about. BOL wanted to find out more about the guy behind the work… keep reading.

It’s part conference, part concert, part design show, and part festival… but with an indie/DIY flavor. Go Media is hooking it up! Just check out the lists of Speakers, Bands and Designers. Don’t miss this!

If you are in or around San Francisco don’t miss the Against the Grain gallery show featuring works and engravings by 123Klan, MunkOne, JulieWest & Hydro74. The exhibition runs Friday May 6th through Sunday, June 5th.

I have always admired the art of calligraphy. I remember trying it at an early age, but with no instruction my ambitions faded. Until recently, I never given much thought to the correlation between the craft of calligraphy and typography.

I was going to college for adolescent psychology. Back in high school I had started a small clothing company called Lowkey. That was the catalyst that would pull me into design, but Dustin was the one who would get me started. Today, I am a designer. I blame this guy…

Kill time, take a break or just cope. Whether you are designer, freelancer of some sort or just another body that sits behind a keyboard on a regular basis, there is a little something for everyone here.

This is a 2008 keynote about “Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media” from Gary Vaynerchuk. Even though the subject was based around social media… there is much more that can be taken from Gary’s words and his profound delivery.

Joshua Smith is a bad bad man… I’ve been following his work for a while. I was stoked to head over to Memphis to check out his gallery show and to find out he was one of the most genuine people I have met… and funny as hell.

I remember the first time I saw a photo of the large black and white eyes on top of train cars, I thought it was awesome. I had no idea who had put it there, or how significant it actually was… All done by a photographer who got his start when he found a camera in the Paris subway.

“As you may have heard, there’s been an 8.9 earthquake and tsunami devastating Japan very badly. The whole world is trying their best, to support and help over this terrible disaster. Even the design community has risen to do their part.” – François Hoang from Abduzeedo.com